Mirra's Musings

In these days of uncertainty and upheaval in society, many of us are wondering what we can do to lend our support to those who are resisting...

  Sen. Cory Booker I am heartened by Cory Booker, senior Democratic Senator from New Jersey’s 25-hour marathon speech in the Senate yesterda...

    https://unsplash.com/@markuswinkler As I am sitting here typing, Congress is deciding whether or not I will keep Medicaid, SNAP, and oth...

 Wealth Tax At a time when the ultrawealthy are amassing historic and dangerous levels of wealth, some propose a federal wealth tax. The  ...

  With all the recent barrage of sweeping shutdowns of long-standing programs like US AID, and Elon Musk’s   team’s takeover of the U. S. Tr...

  I have gotten some feedback in which arguments were made extolling Tim Walz as Kamala Harris’ VP choice. I have listened, and understand w...

  It has been a year since I have written a blog post. Some may wonder what happened. Others may not have noticed the absence of my infreque...